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Luke Williams is a crime reporter for The Advertiser. He previously covered courts for the Cairns Post.

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Alleged break and enter at Ballina Cafe Two men have been captured on CCTV allegedly breaking the front window of a Ballina cafe about 1am on Wednesday.

Centrelink sanctions ‘causing’ teens to commit crimes

Cairns youth advocate says illiterate young people are turning to crime after having their Centrelink payments suspended.

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New underwear is available at the Lismore Clothing Hub that has been set up at the Lismore Showgrounds.

Disturbing trend of DV offenders revealed

A domestic violence sector source says that a “surprising number” of abusive men are sniffing their partners’ bodies and underwear to check for signs of infidelity.

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Shocking reason single parents are discriminated against

A whistleblowing real estate agent and a landlord say that single parents are “heavily discriminated against” in the rental market, with one single mum who works full-time living in her car because no one will lease a home to her.

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Yarrabah teenager Markiah Major is usually constant contact with loved ones, but has been missing since August 15.

’I cannot sleep’: Mum fears for missing 17yo son

A Yarrabah mum says she hasn’t slept since her 17-year-old son went missing three weeks ago.

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Emergency services responded to a riot at the Cleveland Youth Detention Centre in Townsville. PICTURE: MATT TAYLOR.

Shocking reoffending rates at NQ youth detention centre exposed

New statistics show an alarming reoffending rate at a North Queensland youth detention centre.

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Named: Man charged with horrific bashing fronts Cairns court

A Parramatta Park man is fighting for his life in Townsville Hospital after allegedly being brutally bashed outside a restaurant on the Cairns Esplanade. What happened in court.

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06/08/2004 PIRATE: Generic image of customer swiping a credit card through a Commonwealth Bank Eftpos machine at a shop in Sydney, 28/05/2004.

Man accused of defrauding elderly man wanted by police

An arrest warrant has been issued for a 32-year-old Westcourt man alleged to have targeted an elderly man with fraud at a North Cairns health facility.

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Lutheran Peace College Principal Shane Jurecky says the school has become "more resilient" after "an obviously tragic event".

Principal speaks out on horror alleged stabbing

Peace Lutheran College Principal reveals what happened after alleged stabbing of teenager Melody Neal.

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Human hand of a drug addict and a syringe with narcotic syringe lying on the floor. Anti drug concept.

The deadly new drug trend sweeping Cairns

As new data shows an increase in drug overdose deaths in Cairns, an exclusive investigation has uncovered a drug taking over the illicit opiate market.

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Coroner blasts air safety regulator over crash that killed five

A Queensland Coroner has found the nation’s air safety watchdog failed to mandate a “long overdue”, life-saving monitoring device on smaller planes a previous coronial inquest had already recommended because of industry “push back over costs”.

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